June 8−10, 2016. La Maddalena, Maddalena Islands, Italy

Venue

Conference Hotel

To reserve your room with the Le Nereidi Hotel (where the conference will take place), please write to info@lenereidihotel.it, specifying that you are reserving for the conference FUN16 and whether you are reserving as a student or not.

[prices per night]
Single room: 60€
Double room: 70€
Triple room: 85€

Student rates:
Double room: 40€
Triple room: 60€
Quadruple room: 80€

Local Transportation

The organizers arranged a shuttle bus (included in the registration fee) from Olbia airport to the conference on the 7th of June, leaving at 5pm, and a bus back on the 11th of June, leaving at around 10am. This also includes the ferry Palau-La Maddalena and back.

In case you wish to reach independently the conference venue from Olbia airport, the simplest option is by taxi. This however would cost roughly 90-100 euros.

By public transportation the easiest option is probably to take a bus of Gruppo Turmotravel, from Olbia Airport (airport bus parking) to “Palau porto”. There are departures every day at 10:40, 12:00, 15:00, 17:00, 19:15 and 21:45. See also here (in Italian).
A more complicated option is to reach Olbia ARST station from the airport (a few kilometers by taxi, or using bus number 514), and from there take bus number 601 to Palau.

Location

La Maddalena is the name of the principal island of an archipelago off the north-eastern tip of Sardinia. The archipelago consists of over sixty islands, islets and rocks. La Maddalena archipelago is a famous holiday destination. The most famous attractions are the beautiful unspoiled beaches, the blue seas and the final home of Italian hero Giuseppe Garibaldi, on the island of Caprera.

The above article is however controversial (a special thank to Emanuele Natale and Roberto Tauraso for mentioning that). See the discussion here.

"...pleasure has probably been the main goal all along. But I hesitate to admit it, because computer scientists want to maintain their image as hard-working individuals who deserve high salaries. Sooner or later society will realise that certain kinds of hard work are in fact admirable even though they are more fun than just about anything else."
D. E. Knuth.